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W. H. BURDINE. ElevatorBuoket.

Patented June 14, 188|.

I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. BURDINE, OF TERRE HAUTE, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM P. MYER, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

ELEVATOAR-BUCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,878, dated June 14, 1881.

Application filed May 5, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. BURDINE, of Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Elevator-Buckets, which improvement is fullyset forth in the following A specification and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a front view ot' the cup. Fig. 2 1o is a side view of the cup, with the end cut away at the corners to show the construction. F-ig. 3 is a view of the bottom. Fig. 4 is an outline of the blank forming the front of the cup, and Fig. 5 is the blank for the rear of the cup.

The object ot' my invention is to construct a cheap and durable elevator cup or bucket; and to this end it consists in two blanks or parts, one blank of which is bent around to form the 2o front, the ends, and the bottom, and the other blank to constitute the back, all of which will hereinafter be more fully set forth.

ln the accompanying drawings, A, Fig. 4., represents-a peculiarly-formed bla-nk. This is formed of metal, having one straight edge, A', ot' suflicient length to form the circle of the cup, constituting the front and ends. The ends ot' this blank B B are projected at an acute ankgle with the side A', and near the lower ends 3o the angle is still greater, forming the side O. The lower edgeD, of the blank is parallel with the upper edge, A'. The lower edge of the blank is slitted upwardly, as shown at E E, the lines converging toward each other at the top. This forms the size and sha-pe of the botlom ofthe cup.4 The dotted line in Fig. et represents the point at which the part forming the bottom ofthe cup is bent inwardly to forin the front edge of the base. The triangular no part at each side ot' the line E is then bent inwardly along the dotted lines C' to form the end edges ot` the base. Along the upper edge, A', a hem, K, is turned down in the opposite direction to the parts described at the lower side ot the blank, and between this hem and the blank a metal band, H, is placed. The

blank A containing the band H is then bent to form the cup, as shown in Fig. 1, and the triangular wings, bounded by O O' E, are lapped over the bottom wing, as shown in 5o Fig. 3.

Referring now to Fig. 5, it will be seen that the piece forming the back of the cup has its upper and lower edges parallel and the sides diverging from each other, so that the upper end of the blank is slightly wider than the lower end. The sides G, near the upper end, are cut so as to converge toward each other, and this part is bent back along the line F', so that the upper part, G', will lap over the ends 6o H H' of the band H. The lower edge has a right-angled flange bent forward to embrace the edges B and D ot' the cup. When thus formed the edges are soldered, constituting a cup which can be cheaply manufactured, and 6 5 which will be serviceable for any and all purposes desired.

Havingdescribed my invention, whatIclaim 1sl. In an elevator-cup, the blank A, having 7o the upper and the lower edges, A' I), parallel with each other, and the edges B B, forming the ends. converging toward each other, so that the lower part of the blank is :about 011ehalf the length of the upper part ot' the blank, 75 the lower edge ot' the blank being further provided with slits E E, converging toward each other at the top, as herein specified.

2. In an elevator-cup, the blank A, constituting the front, ends, and bottom ofthe cup, So as s hown, in combination with the blank F, constituting the back, soldered together and. provided with the band H, as and for the purpose specified. l

4In testimony that I claim the foregoing 1 85 have hereunto affixed my name this 5th day of April, A. D. 1881, in the presence of witnesses.

WILLIAM H. BURDINE.

Witnesses:

JAMES D. BIGELow, J oHN C. MYER. 

